10 months ago Where Trump stands on abortion By Erica R. Hendry During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said “you have to ban” abortion and advocated for “some form of punishment” for women who get illegal abortions. A major part of his campaign platform in 2016 was to appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe, which became reality in 2022. In 2024, Trump has said in interviews that states with abortion bans have a right to monitor pregnancies and prosecute violations. The former president is also open to restricting access to abortion pills, like mifepristone. Trump has pledged to: Veto a 15-week national abortion ban, which multiple members of his party and the anti-abortion movement support. Allow states to restrict abortion access.
10 months ago Where Harris stands on abortion By Erica R. Hendry Vice President Kamala Harris became the face of the Biden administration’s efforts to protect abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade two years ago. Earlier this year, she was the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion provider, meeting with health care workers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota. The vice president has said she supports ending the Senate filibuster to pass federal protections for abortion, though it’s unlikely she has enough votes to do so. Harris has pledged to: Restore the federal right to abortion first established under Roe v. Wade. Protect abortion access until the fetus is viable, meaning it can survive outside the uterus, usually around 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
10 months ago Where abortion is on the ballot By Erica R. Hendry FILE PHOTO: People protest in the district of Republican State Rep. Matt Gress after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating back to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 14, 2024. Photo by Rebecca Noble/Reuters Abortion referendums are on the ballot in 10 states this election, including in the battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. This could boost turnout for Democrats and base voters. Since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 2022, seven states have weighed in on abortion access through ballot referendums. In all of them, including red states like Kansas and Kentucky, voters have chosen to protect or expand abortion access.
10 months ago Josh Stein wins North Carolina governor’s race By Hannah Grabenstein North Carolina Democrat Josh Stein wins the race for governor, The Associated Press reports. Stein, former attorney general for the state, beat Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign was beset by scandal, including reports that he referred to himself as a Nazi on a porn website.
10 months ago Polls will close in Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin at 9 p.m. By News Desk All eyes are on the key battleground states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin as polls in these states are set to close at 9 p.m. EST. Polls will also close in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming at this time. First results from Arizona are expected around 10 p.m. Follow all of our live election results.
10 months ago Jim Justice flips Manchin’s West Virginia Senate seat By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Republicans picked up a crucial win Tuesday in the race for the Senate majority, as Jim Justice easily notched the West Virginia seat to succeed retiring Sen. Joe Manchin, deadlocking the chamber in a 50-50 split, for now. Justice, the state’s governor who often appears with his English bulldog “Babydog,” was widely expected to deliver for Republicans as they work to wrest control from Democrats. Republican Donald Trump is popular in the state, and Manchin, who left the Democratic Party to become an independent, declined to seek another term. Read more about what Justice’s win means for Republicans.
10 months ago Republican Tom Cole says he’ll accept election results By Adam Kemp Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole says he’ll accept presidential election results, regardless of who the winner is. Responding to a question from PBS News’ Amna Nawaz, Cole said he has a lot of faith in the system, but won’t rule out “objecting to things” or voicing disagreements. “I have a lot of faith in the system, I think eventually we’ll get there. But, you know, it has been manipulated in my view in the past, could be again, but I don’t think to the point that it really changed the outcome,” Cole said. Watch Cole’s answer on election integrity.
10 months ago Massive turnout by early voters sees few problems By Christina A. Cassidy, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Election Day unfolded relatively smoothly as voters faced only scattered disruptions and delays after an election season marked by concerns over disinformation, foreign influence and threats to election workers and voting systems. Leading into Tuesday, more than 82 million Americans had already cast their ballots in a largely successful early voting period with high turnout despite some hiccups and frustrations in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania. And when the final day of voting came, the problems that cropped up were “largely expected routine and planned-for events,” said Cait Conley, senior adviser to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. She said the agency was not currently tracking any national, significant incidents impacting election security. Read more about the ‘relatively smooth’ turnout for voters.
10 months ago Scott wins Florida Senate race By News Desk Republican incumbent Sen. Rick Scott secured reelection to serve Florida for another term, the Associated Press reports. He held off a challenge from Democratic former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. In 2020, Scott objected to certifying the results of the 2020 election.
10 months ago Polls to close in Arkansas soon By News Desk Arkansas, with its six electoral votes, is the only state to close polls at 8:30 p.m. EST. Follow all of our live election results.